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Definition of frightful in English: frightfuladjective ˈfrʌɪtf(ə)lˈfrʌɪtfʊlˈfraɪtfəl British 1Very unpleasant, serious, or shocking. 讨厌的；严重的；骇人的 there's been a most frightful accident 那里发生了一件非常严重的事故。 Example sentencesExamples - Such truths, terrible frightful truths, cannot be whitewashed.
- The blood was pounding in his brain like an engine's throbbing; there was a frightful pain in the top of his skull, and he could hardly control his hands.
- Terrific storms, heavy seas, and frightful squalls make the waters in this area hazardous for conventional shipping.
- She glared, gave out a frightful howl, and stomped off into the living room.
- It was rather a harrowing scene and it grew more frightful the more the clouds rolled in.
- Electromagnetic pollution, which has been described as a serious killer in the office, actually is not frightful at all, say experts.
- Going by eyewitnesses' accounts of this mysterious person's frightful appearance, he is referred to as ‘acid man’.
- After a frightful glare she had directed to our corner during the French lesson, I had a good reason for thinking, ‘Here comes trouble.’
- She became a constant visitor to the holy women of White Church, and looking beyond this world to the next, the frightful mortality around her seemed but a quickened passage to the world to come.
- These children are on their way to two weeks of summer camp, but for many parents in this heavily Hispanic neighborhood that is a frightful thought.
- Suddenly we became aware that through the incredible din a yet more frightful sound was coming.
- He gave us words of comfort and said what happened in Spain was a frightful thing.
- Prepare for a competition of dire, hideous and frightful consequences.
- I was inspecting our latest front-runner, and, like so many others, finding frightful blemishes.
- The frightful realities of life on the streets had had a devastating effect on John's health and despite his young age he suffered serious ill health.
- Returning from a picnic in Somerset, there was a frightful car accident.
- A frightful accident occurred at the Gatehead Mill, Delph, Saddleworth yesterday afternoon.
- How could such a terrible, frightful thing happen?
- She spoke quite candidly with me: ‘It was frightful, the way my husband threatened me.’
- I have to say she was very pretty, but the lady gave me a frightful look of disgust, and then she spoke.
Synonyms horrible, gruesome, grisly, ghastly, hideous, grim, revolting, repulsive, disgusting, horrendous, grievous, dreadful, terrible, nasty, dire, unspeakable alarming, shocking, terrifying, harrowing, appalling, daunting, unnerving, fearful, fearsome informal horrid, beastly archaic or humorous parlous - 1.1informal Used for emphasis, especially of something bad.
〈非正式〉（用于加强语气，尤用于强调某物或某事很糟糕）讨厌的，令人不愉快的 her hair was a frightful mess 她的头发乱作一团。 Example sentencesExamples - My only fear is that it's so easy to laugh at politicians and their idiot supporters that you risk forgetting how evil and stupid they really are, allowing them to stumble their way into a frightful mess we all end up having to pay for.
- I wouldn't quite say that, but dogs don't argue with you like people do, and they always make such a frightful fuss when they see you.
- The entire room was a frightful mess.
Synonyms awful, very bad, terrible, dreadful, appalling, ghastly, nasty, abominable unpleasant, disagreeable, lamentable, deplorable, insufferable, unbearable, annoying, irritating informal beastly, God-awful
Derivativesnoun British In the Imperial proclamation the fact that certain ‘frightful’ things have been done is admitted, and justified on the ground of their frightfulness. Example sentencesExamples - Nor can it outweigh the sporadic frightfulness of pain and despair that occurs every second of every day.
- But most important, Schatzberg and company have made The Panic in Needle Park an occasion for the American public to meditate upon the frightfulness of heroin addiction.
- The fact that they are increasingly referred to as ‘events’ underlines their frightfulness.
- They saw at once its beauty and its frightfulness.
Definition of frightful in US English: frightfuladjectiveˈfraɪtfəlˈfrītfəl British 1Very unpleasant, serious, or shocking. 讨厌的；严重的；骇人的 there's been a frightful accident 那里发生了一件非常严重的事故。 Example sentencesExamples - A frightful accident occurred at the Gatehead Mill, Delph, Saddleworth yesterday afternoon.
- She glared, gave out a frightful howl, and stomped off into the living room.
- How could such a terrible, frightful thing happen?
- Such truths, terrible frightful truths, cannot be whitewashed.
- After a frightful glare she had directed to our corner during the French lesson, I had a good reason for thinking, ‘Here comes trouble.’
- Going by eyewitnesses' accounts of this mysterious person's frightful appearance, he is referred to as ‘acid man’.
- She became a constant visitor to the holy women of White Church, and looking beyond this world to the next, the frightful mortality around her seemed but a quickened passage to the world to come.
- Suddenly we became aware that through the incredible din a yet more frightful sound was coming.
- It was rather a harrowing scene and it grew more frightful the more the clouds rolled in.
- He gave us words of comfort and said what happened in Spain was a frightful thing.
- I have to say she was very pretty, but the lady gave me a frightful look of disgust, and then she spoke.
- Terrific storms, heavy seas, and frightful squalls make the waters in this area hazardous for conventional shipping.
- I was inspecting our latest front-runner, and, like so many others, finding frightful blemishes.
- The frightful realities of life on the streets had had a devastating effect on John's health and despite his young age he suffered serious ill health.
- Prepare for a competition of dire, hideous and frightful consequences.
- Returning from a picnic in Somerset, there was a frightful car accident.
- Electromagnetic pollution, which has been described as a serious killer in the office, actually is not frightful at all, say experts.
- These children are on their way to two weeks of summer camp, but for many parents in this heavily Hispanic neighborhood that is a frightful thought.
- She spoke quite candidly with me: ‘It was frightful, the way my husband threatened me.’
- The blood was pounding in his brain like an engine's throbbing; there was a frightful pain in the top of his skull, and he could hardly control his hands.
Synonyms horrible, gruesome, grisly, ghastly, hideous, grim, revolting, repulsive, disgusting, horrendous, grievous, dreadful, terrible, nasty, dire, unspeakable - 1.1informal Used for emphasis, especially of something bad.
〈非正式〉（用于加强语气，尤用于强调某物或某事很糟糕）讨厌的，令人不愉快的 her hair was a frightful mess 她的头发乱作一团。 Example sentencesExamples - I wouldn't quite say that, but dogs don't argue with you like people do, and they always make such a frightful fuss when they see you.
- My only fear is that it's so easy to laugh at politicians and their idiot supporters that you risk forgetting how evil and stupid they really are, allowing them to stumble their way into a frightful mess we all end up having to pay for.
- The entire room was a frightful mess.
Synonyms awful, very bad, terrible, dreadful, appalling, ghastly, nasty, abominable
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